A mother aged 26 yrs came with a pregnancy of 31 weeks. She had recently undergone a routine ultrasound for her foetus where it was found that the foetus has a space-occupying fluid-filled lesion in the brain. She was told that the outcome of this lesion could not be predicted and that the foetus could be severely neurologically impaired. However, given the advancement of pregnancy nothing could be done except wait and watch. It was under these circumstances that the parents hoped that homoeopathy could help them. The history of the mother was unremarkable. So was the pregnancy. She had not fallen, had not taken any medicines or suffered from any illness. She was given CAL PHOS 200/ 2 doses to be taken and consecutive days followed by ARNICA 30/bd/ 10days. A scan was asked to be repeated every 5 days to see progress if any.
After the second scan (i.e., 10 days) the lesion resolved completely.
Explanation
There was no indication of any medicine in this case. The mother was thin tall dark-complexioned. Keeping this physical makeup of the mother in mind with a fluid-filled lesion in the foetus (which was not a hydrocephalous but a localized collection of fluid), tubercular miasm was thought to be lurking in the background, which led to the prescription of CAL PHOS. ARNICA was followed assuming that mother might have slipped/ had a jerk, something which she must have forgotten, hence was not able to report. This was done to cover any common factor that could have caused it (this is a not advisable way of prescription, nevertheless was done, given the lack of information and the direness of the situation).
Aude Sapere
Shivangi Jain
BHMS, MD, PGDMLE, PGDHHM
drshivangijain79@gmail.com
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